Having a Youtube project used to offer great benefit and chances of getting known by many people in a short time. But now it is quite competitive and Youtube also aims to maximize their profit as it is a monopoly in the field of Video-Sharing.
Believing Youtube that they will defend your rights is not very rational. You should also be able to use other platforms to integrate with your project so that one day you can be sure that you have a plan B.
1-)Having your own website is very essential so that, you can even upload videos without Youtube. No one can interfere with your website. You can monetize your content like in Youtube. Try to share your link in everything as it represents your brand.
2-)Upload your videos to other websites like Facebook and Youku.
3-)Sell some of your videos if it is worth buying and subscription. With that way, you do not need Youtube at all. But integration takes more time than just publishing your videos. But it is not rocket science for sure.
potential dangers of only publishing on Youtube,
1-)They can unmonetize and may even ban your Youtube channel.
2-)While you are adjusting yourself to new Youtube algorithm you may lose many people.
3-)Youtube always have the right to make an amendment on how the monetization works. There is no guarantee that someday you will make less money than you did.
